#4AD4E5#4AD4E5

#4AD4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.118 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AD4E5
RGB	rgb(74, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -31.39, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 36.81, 211.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.1055 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.118 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5043, 54.1953, 82.4396)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AD4E5 #E55B4A

analogous

#4AE5A9 #4AD4E5 #4A86E5

triadic

#4AD4E5 #E54AD4 #D4E54A

tetradic

#4AD4E5 #A94AE5 #E55B4A #86E54A

square

#4AD4E5 #A94AE5 #E55B4A #86E54A

split-complementary

#4AD4E5 #E54A86 #E5A94A

monochromatic

#178F9E #1EC0D3 #4AD4E5 #80E1ED #B5EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#4AD4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#4AD4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AD4E5

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AD4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AD4E5	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ad4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.118 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e1ed',
    500: '#4ad4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ad4e5;
$custom-light: #90e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ad4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.581,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80319,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AD4E5

secondary

#A13E32

accent

#4B36F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AD4E5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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